GIBRALTAR AND ITS SIEGES.

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LONDON: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS. EDINBURGH AND NEW YORK. 1879.

PART I.

NAVAL AND MILITARY ANNALS:—

I.SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR IN 1704,9

II.AN INTERVAL,21

III.THE GREAT SIEGE,25

IV.THE FLOATING BATTERIES,70

V.THE RELIEF,99

PART II.

GIBRALTAR AS IT WAS AND IS:—

I.GENERAL DESCRIPTION,116

II.EARLY HISTORY OF THE ROCK,142

GIBRALTAR FROM THE NORTH-WEST,FRONTISPIECE

ROCK OF GIBRALTAR FROM THE NEUTRAL GROUND,12

VIEW FROM THE SIGNAL-STATION,30

THE LANDING-PLACE, AND REMAINS OF MOORISH CASTLE,32

EUROPA POINT,38

MAP OF GIBRALTAR AT THE TIME OF THE GREAT SIEGE,72

LARBOARD AND STARBOARD SIDES OF A SPANISH BATTERING-SHIP,80

THE GRAND ATTACK UPON GIBRALTAR, SEPTEMBER 13, 1782,86

THE KING’S BASTION, AND OLD MOORISH CASTLE,96

THE ROCK AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR (MODERN MAP),116

THE SIGNAL-STATION,118

THE MARKET-PLACE,120

THE ALAMEDA,122

A MOTLEY GROUP IN THE MAIN STREET,126

O’HARA’S TOWER ON THE SUGAR-LOAF,130

CATALAN BAY FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN BATTERY,132

MARTIN’S CAVE,136

ST. GEORGE’S HALL,140